Speaker 1: I'm a homegrow that knows a little bit about everything
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Speaker 1: It's Lauren de Rosa and this is the latest with
Speaker 1: Lauren de Rosa. This is your daily dig on all
Speaker 1: things pop culture, entertainment, news, and all of the conversations
Speaker 1: that shake the room. Now today the room has been shook.
Speaker 1: It Okay, Curtis fifty cent Jackson pulled up and did
Speaker 1: not come to play. We have not yet seen the
Speaker 1: full documentary, but Sean colmbs The Reckoning, which is an
Speaker 1: exclusive documentary. It's a four part docuseries that will err
Speaker 1: on Netflix exclusively, and we've talked about here on the podcast.
Speaker 1: Please go check out the prior episode with Me and
Speaker 1: Miss More Money, formerly of Love and Hip Hop, where
Speaker 1: we talk about just the New York pettiness of this
Speaker 1: all and you know how it affects everybody involved, the
Speaker 1: families the alleged victim, like everybody right. But that is
Speaker 1: airing on Netflix in twenty four hours, and Good Morning
Speaker 1: America has previewed some of the exclusive scenes or footage
Speaker 1: that they've been saying, like, okay, we have this exclusive
Speaker 1: footage never before seen. Baby, Good Morning America gave us
Speaker 1: a glimpse in so let's take a listen and a
Speaker 1: watch to some of this footage.
Speaker 3: This morning, never before seen footage of Sean Diddy Combs
Speaker 3: in the days leading up to his arrest in New
Speaker 3: York last September.
Speaker 4: You will put stuff on my family, Black James.
Speaker 3: The exclusive video obtained by Netflix shows Combs debating with
Speaker 3: his lawyers about strategy.
Speaker 4: Listen to me, I'm gonna get off the phone right now,
Speaker 4: and i am gonna let you professionals look at the
Speaker 4: situation and come back to me with a solution. No
Speaker 4: matter what nobody said. Let's just here and there. Y'all
Speaker 4: are not working together.
Speaker 3: The right way. We're losing. The footage is part of
Speaker 3: a new highly anticipated docu series by director Alex Stapleton
Speaker 3: and rapper and executive producer Curtis Fittyson Jackson, titled Sean
Speaker 3: Combs The Reckoning. Was there anything that surprised you when
Speaker 3: you were watching?
Speaker 5: I think it was surprised that he actually filmed it.
Speaker 5: It was very interesting to watch a man who's known
Speaker 5: for his brand presence. You know, he has a really
Speaker 5: amazing knack for marketing and all of that, and how
Speaker 5: he was sort of taking that into account and how
Speaker 5: he was coming off to the public.
Speaker 1: So we talked a lot about, you know, a lot
Speaker 1: of this on the Breakfast Club during the latest What
Speaker 1: Lona Rosa, But you know, here on the podcast, I
Speaker 1: wanted to kind of focus on some other things. So
Speaker 1: two things that instantly, you know, just took over my
Speaker 1: mind when I saw this interview. When I saw these clips.
Speaker 1: Number one, my first thought was, this is going to
Speaker 1: mess up this man's appeal. You guys know that Diddy
Speaker 1: is currently f fort Dix here in New Jersey. He
Speaker 1: is you know, supposed to be doing fifty months, which
Speaker 1: is like two years and some months, hoping that he
Speaker 1: can or he's hoping that he can even if the
Speaker 1: uppial doesn't work, that they are like programs and different
Speaker 1: things that he's doing and' kind of get him out
Speaker 1: in a little bit of you know, earlier time.
Speaker 2: But what he's.
Speaker 1: Really hoping is is that he is either pardoned by
Speaker 1: President Trump, and we've heard rumbling's around that, but nothing
Speaker 1: confirmed or that.
Speaker 2: This appeal works.
Speaker 1: Now, his team said almost a month ago now, so
Speaker 1: this appeal was coming in the next few weeks that
Speaker 1: they are looking.
Speaker 2: To appeal his conviction.
Speaker 1: Did he was convicted of two counts of the man
Speaker 1: at which are prostitution charges and being in the courtroom.
Speaker 1: And I've mentioned and talked to you guys through this
Speaker 1: a lot. Please go, you know, back and take a
Speaker 1: listen at all of our Diddy trial covers. We were there,
Speaker 1: We were in the courtroom, we were on the street,
Speaker 1: we were in the thick of it.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: The main thing that I took away from trial and
Speaker 1: away from the judge was that they really felt as
Speaker 1: though as a human.
Speaker 2: Being, did he just wasn't a good person?
Speaker 1: And because he wasn't a good person, you know, And
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say allegedly, but like you know, from what
Speaker 1: I took away from court, I felt as if the
Speaker 1: judge felt like did he morally wasn't a good person? Right, allegedly,
Speaker 1: And on top of that, coupled with all of his
Speaker 1: resources and his power and his money and basically there
Speaker 1: being no real checks and balances, it could lead to him,
Speaker 1: you know, allegedly being able to continue the cycle of things. Well,
Speaker 1: I gotta even say allegedly, because when it comes to
Speaker 1: the prostitution, he was convicted of that, so it could
Speaker 1: lead to him being or continuing to be this person
Speaker 1: who was convicted of these two acts of prostitution, but
Speaker 1: even bigger than that, not even bigger than that. But
Speaker 1: in addition to that, a judge although did he was
Speaker 1: not charged with anything directly related to that Cassie CNN
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. You know that Cassie CNN video that was
Speaker 1: released recently, but it was from a twenty sixteen beating
Speaker 1: of Cassie in a hotel in LA The judge made
Speaker 1: it very clear that you know, watching that video, but
Speaker 1: seeing what Diddy did in public as his public fixture
Speaker 1: who denied things and you know, said that you know,
Speaker 1: he was rehabilitating himself and working on himself, and then
Speaker 1: went on to get into it with a Jane Doe
Speaker 1: who also testified that was one of his former girlfriends,
Speaker 1: and physically get into it with her, and there was
Speaker 1: you know, you know, all these substances involved.
Speaker 2: And all the things.
Speaker 1: Right, the footage that if as advertised, right, so if
Speaker 1: this Netflix documentary is as advertised, and we are going
Speaker 1: to see footage from those last few weeks before Diddy
Speaker 1: was going to be you know, turning himself into the FEDS.
Speaker 1: I think character wise, the fact that Diddy can't control
Speaker 1: what we might see for since that he did call
Speaker 1: with his attorneys or I know, they mentioned the hand
Speaker 1: sanitizer and stuff like that and tried to make it
Speaker 1: where like, you know, he's not as much of a
Speaker 1: man of the people as he seems, and everything has
Speaker 1: been about Diddy and for the people and for the culture.
Speaker 1: And it's like he really from what they're alleging, based
Speaker 1: on the way that this angle of this interview is
Speaker 1: set up, it's like he almost feels like, you know,
Speaker 1: he's above, and that has been the conversation with the
Speaker 1: legal system in Diddy. It's like you you are not
Speaker 1: greater then, and because there has been this, you know,
Speaker 1: height of fame and uncontrolled everything, substance abuse and you know,
Speaker 1: all of these things that you've been able to do uncontrollably,
Speaker 1: you need to sit down and we need to control
Speaker 1: this for a bit. If these videos show anything like that,
Speaker 1: and I doubt based on the relationship between Fifty and Diddy,
Speaker 1: I highly doubt he gonna hold back.
Speaker 2: Any of that if it's there.
Speaker 1: Morally, I just don't know how a judge could could
Speaker 1: be made aware of this, and I'm sure the government
Speaker 1: is watching to use it as they fight the appeal
Speaker 1: and not feel like, oh no, we're not about to
Speaker 1: do this cycle again.
Speaker 2: Sit down.
Speaker 1: And that was a question that I asked did his
Speaker 1: team today when I watch this, And what they told
Speaker 1: me is legally it can't stop anything. Like, of course,
Speaker 1: legally he's still going to be able to appeal and
Speaker 1: all of the things. But judges are human. So whether
Speaker 1: or not there's like a moral or an emotional pull
Speaker 1: on him by whatever he sees in his video, you
Speaker 1: just don't know. And I will tell y'all from sitting
Speaker 1: in that courtroom the day that did he was sentenced.
Speaker 1: Prior to the sentencing, the day that Diddy was found
Speaker 1: not guilty in the RICO but guilty on the Mann
Speaker 1: Act charges but denied a bond. This judge does not
Speaker 1: think that Diddy number one can be in control of hisself.
Speaker 2: Number two. He thinks that morally did he needs to
Speaker 2: reset restart.
Speaker 1: It's already leaning a little bit towards these clips showing
Speaker 1: that right like him kind of caring about his image
Speaker 1: more than anything else, and that leans into like this
Speaker 1: whole like monster that was the narrative that was created
Speaker 1: following the cast video, which the judge leaned on a
Speaker 1: lot and allowed the jury to do so as well.
Speaker 2: So there was also the audio.
Speaker 1: In this documentary where fifty Cent talks about like people
Speaker 1: making this like a personal.
Speaker 2: Thing, right, and Diddy's team is leaning heavily on.
Speaker 1: That, Like Diddy's team is like, look of all the
Speaker 1: things Netflix could do, like this is not journalism because
Speaker 1: y'all went and got somebody who did. He team alleged
Speaker 1: obviously has this malice and this hate towards Diddy to
Speaker 1: work on the documentary. So they say, we've confirmed that
Speaker 1: Netflix used footage that was never authorized for release because
Speaker 1: from what I've been told this, this video that was
Speaker 1: shot was shot by a video photographer, like a videographer
Speaker 1: photographer who was hired by Diddy's main videographer photographer. But
Speaker 1: Diddy's team is really not sure if all of the
Speaker 1: documentation and paperwork that Diddy's videographer and photographer was under
Speaker 1: covers this person, Like they just they don't know, but
Speaker 1: they didn't authorize anything to be used. But I did
Speaker 1: hear that, you know, Diddy was in his own Netflix situation.
Speaker 1: Netflix conversation with Netflix and the CEO over there, but
Speaker 1: once they wouldn't give him create a control, he moved
Speaker 1: on and then now fifty cent has this documentary. I
Speaker 1: have yet to hear back from Netflix on this, but
Speaker 1: I have reached out. They say, you know, the footage
Speaker 1: was created for an entirely different purpose under an arrangement
Speaker 1: that was never completed, and no rights were ever transferred
Speaker 1: to Netflix. A payment dispute between outside parties does not
Speaker 1: create PERMISSI Netflix for Netflix to use unlicensed private material.
Speaker 1: Because from what I'm told, there was a payment dispute
Speaker 1: between the videographer, photographer and Diddy. This guy whoever it
Speaker 1: is that sold this footage or whatever he did to
Speaker 1: get the footage to fifty.
Speaker 2: Cent, because I don't know for sure if it was sold.
Speaker 1: I don't know what their licensing agreement was, but whatever
Speaker 1: it was that they did, I know that this guy
Speaker 1: wasn't paid by Diddy, and he should have been. From
Speaker 1: what I understand, none of this footage came from mister
Speaker 1: Combs or his team, and its inclusion raises serious questions
Speaker 1: about how it was obtained and why Netflix chose to
Speaker 1: use it. They also go on they alleged that Netflix
Speaker 1: is only heightening the court issue by giving creative control
Speaker 1: on this production to Curtige fifty cent Jackson. They alleged
Speaker 1: fifty cent is a long time public adversary who has
Speaker 1: mocked mister Colnbs for decades, posting fabricated accusations and publicly
Speaker 1: and publicly celebrated his legal challenges.
Speaker 2: Even mister Jackson has admitted he was shopped. Sean Ever
Speaker 2: filmed some of.
Speaker 1: These moments and Ever firm back to this moment right
Speaker 1: here when fifty says this, and we're going to input
Speaker 1: that when he said I'm shocked.
Speaker 2: He even recorded it for those that are editing, which underscores.
Speaker 1: The footage is being exploited for entertainment rather than present
Speaker 1: with fairness or context. Now that's what they're alleged, But
Speaker 1: I'll be fair here that like, if you can get
Speaker 1: some exclusive footage from that week, those few days whatever
Speaker 1: before Diddy was going to be locked up, anybody, even
Speaker 1: if you were a random journalist at an outlet wherever,
Speaker 1: you're going to run that, it's a gold mine, to
Speaker 1: be honest. I don't know how I fell in fifty
Speaker 1: since lat but it is a gold mine. I don't
Speaker 1: think that that shows biased. I think it's just good
Speaker 1: footage to have for something like this, which of course
Speaker 1: they're not celebrating that.
Speaker 2: Diddy seam is obviously pissed about that.
Speaker 1: Beyond the legal concerns, mister COLMBS views Netflix decisions as
Speaker 1: they allege, it's a personal breach of trust. He has
Speaker 1: long respected Ted Sarando's who is a CEO at Netflix,
Speaker 1: admired the legacy of Clarence Ava and maintained a positive
Speaker 1: personal relationship with the company's leader. For Netflix to hand
Speaker 1: this story to someone who is publicly attacked and for
Speaker 1: decades feels to mister Calms like an unnecessary and deeply
Speaker 1: personal at front. He expected fairness at minimum from the
Speaker 1: people he considered colleagues. Now keep in mind, y'all, Like
Speaker 1: I told you, I was told that Diddy had his
Speaker 1: own situation that was in conversation at Netflix. Again, I
Speaker 1: don't know how far it got, but I do know
Speaker 1: that there was something happening there. Diddy seem continues and
Speaker 1: the alleged that Netflix recent pattern of prioritizing sensational content
Speaker 1: over accuracy. But they do say that they're legal team
Speaker 1: plan to you know, formally reach out to Netflix about
Speaker 1: this to have a conversation, but they haven't confirmed nothing
Speaker 1: legally like officially like no season desists, no lawsuit or
Speaker 1: anything like that.
Speaker 2: And you know they've done that in the past.
Speaker 1: I don't think that ain't no of that matters, to
Speaker 1: be honest with y'all, because at midnight we're all going
Speaker 1: to watch the documentary. It's gonna be everywhere by tomorrow morning.
Speaker 1: So it's like Diddy's team can do all of this,
Speaker 1: but like it's done, Like it's fifty cent has pulled
Speaker 1: it off. It's it's literally done. The documentary goes live
Speaker 1: tonight at twelve pm or twelve am Eastern Standard time.
Speaker 2: I will be tuned in. We'll be backward conversation here
Speaker 2: about it. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I just there's several reasons why this documentary was like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, but there's been so many Diddy documentaries
Speaker 1: at this point. But I think that footage I'm trying
Speaker 1: to tell y'all, man, I just that footage that's gonna
Speaker 1: be the thing, Like that is going to be the
Speaker 1: it thing that can make or break kind of how
Speaker 1: Diddy is able to move forward from this documentary or not.
Speaker 2: I mean he'll move forward at some point.
Speaker 1: But like, and I'm be honest with y'all, I don't
Speaker 1: think that the government really believes that did he has
Speaker 1: a strong appeal anyway, because when his team acts for
Speaker 1: the appeal conversation to be expedited, they didn't even oppose,
Speaker 1: Like they didn't even fight that. They're like, okay, cool,
Speaker 1: we can get it out the way. I really don't
Speaker 1: think that they believe he has a strong argument. Just
Speaker 1: in everything I watched in court, I don't think a
Speaker 1: judge will grant Diddy in a pill, especially not that
Speaker 1: same judge that he saw, you know, his whole trial.
Speaker 1: But we'll just have to see. Man, fifty cent is
Speaker 1: not somebody you want to have as one of your enemies.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you that. Want you guys to take a
Speaker 1: look at the documentary. Let me know how you feel.
Speaker 1: I'm Laura la Rosa everywhere on social getting the streets
Speaker 1: and in the tweets. Okay, I've posted this statement to
Speaker 1: my Instagram, into the bron Gar Grinda Instagram.
Speaker 2: Get in the comments. I want to know how y'all
Speaker 2: feel about this.
Speaker 1: I see people saying fifty cent has this crazy obsession
Speaker 1: with Diddy, why what.
Speaker 2: Is going on?
Speaker 1: I see people saying, you know, it's fair game, anybody
Speaker 1: else will produce it and put out.
Speaker 2: Other people were asking a question.
Speaker 1: I'm asking like, legally, I want to know what they
Speaker 1: included and what they didn't because legally, like, there's so
Speaker 1: much to vet here.
Speaker 2: There have been so many claims.
Speaker 1: With the situation, there's so much to vet, what's real,
Speaker 1: what's not.
Speaker 2: I just want to know.
Speaker 1: At the end of the day, y'all could be anywhere
Speaker 1: with anybody talking about all these things, but y'all choose
Speaker 1: to be right here with me, my low Riders.
Speaker 2: I appreciate you, guys. I'll see you in my MI
Speaker 2: next episode.